Miles Davis (May 1926-91) American jazz trumpeter
John Coltrane (Sep. 1926-67) American Jazz saxophonist. Influenced by Ravi Shankar (named his son Ravi), influenced John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana.

1949 - Ornette Coleman, age 19 with long hair, identified as vegetarian, in Texas...
- John Coltrane joined Dizzy Gillespie's big band

1956 - Ravi Shankar moved to the west to perform and record classical Indian music.
- Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, jazz saxophonists, recorded together. 1957 - John Coltrane influenced by Sun Ra to change his lifestyle, including vegetarianism, and started listening to Ravi Shankar records.
- Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver recorded together.1958 - Horace Silver, jazz pianist, reported to be vegetarian.
- Monterey Jazz Festival included Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins

1964 - John Coltrane met Ravi Shankar in New York.
- Sun Ra and Burton Greene both in the Jazz Composers Guild of New York. Greene also using John Cage's technique of playing inside the piano.
- John Coltrane and Alice McLeod named their 2nd son 'Ravi'.
-Philip Glass (classical composer) met Ravi Shankar for the first time in Paris, they were working on film music which was originally intended for Ornette Coleman.
Glass then went on to India and became vegetarian.
- Monterey Jazz Festival included Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock

1966 - John Coltrane married Alice McLeod in the USA.

1969 - Miles Davis "now vegetarian" while recording In a Silent Way with a band including John McClaughlin and Herbie Hancock1970 - John McClaughlin met Sri Chimnoy and moved into all things Indian.1971 -
McClaughlin formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra. 1972 - Herbie Hancock, and his band, were vegetarian, at least for a while, and he became Buddhist.
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Carlos Santana was introduced to Sri Chimnoy by McClaughlin. 1973 - John McClaughlin and Carlos Santana recorded together, including John Coltrane compositions.1974 - Carlos Santana and Alice Coltrane recorded Illuminations1995 - Jeff Beck (blues/rock guitarist) played on John McClaughlin's 'The Promise' album, track 'Django'